Building the Mussel Blaster 3000 model
By: Ella Stiras At Regionals we were ask if we had a model and we did not, so before Sectionals we made a model called The Mussel Blaster 3000. We created it to demonstrate how our solutions works. This makes it easier for the judges. Sectionals: Core Values By: Cade Johnson For our core values judging we were given an activity where we had to sort stuffed animals into groups. It went good because we talked well to each other and supported each others ideas. We were asked by the judges how we use core values in everyday life, and many more questions. We did good because we practiced core values every practice and had a mock judging session before the competition. Sectionals: Project presentation By: Ella Stiras/Carter Brunkhorst For our project presentation we are working on try to stop the spread of zebra mussels. Our presentation went really well. We got asked difficult questions such as how are going to heat the water? We got asked about the cost of the mussel blaster 3000. So we contacted a company called aquatics to get an estimate about the cost. Another thing that we were asked is how we were going to pay for the mussel blaster 3000. Our answer was that we were going to have a big propane tank at the lakeshore. We would sell the propane to ice fishers with propane heaters. Sectionals: Design/programming judging By: Carter Brunkhorst The design and programing judging went pretty good except for the actual design judging. The programing went good for the most part, but we didn’t have a lot of comments in our code so that was a bummer but everything else went well. The actual design judging didn't go as planned, but we managed. The gyro was drifting so that meant that a lot of our missions were off. We are very excited for going to state. Sectionals: Robot Runs By: Carter Brunkhorst The Robot runs were a difficult challenge. We somewhat managed to get by in the runs but our scores weren't that good. We've been thinking about ways to improve it. Some of the ways we were going to improve it is that we're going to make the missions that we have better by making them reliable. We were also going to do some more missions. Sectionals: Innovative Design award By: Noah Sturges We earned our award because of many reasons, but the main reason was our feeding attachment. With the attachment we would go around the board and deliver food to the 4 different animals (5 counting the second frog). This is how we built the attachment. First we built a conveyer belt, but we discovered that the food would fall off too easily so we put that away. Second we build an attachment that separated the food into different groups, but it wasn’t consistent. So we put the two together and made a conveyer belt that separates the food into different groups. Sectionals: Going on to State By: Nathan Thode After our sectionals competition we are trying to improve on our robot runs and make our food delivery mission better. We are also trying to get higher scores on the board.We are also trying to improve our presentation and get more research on zebra mussels. We are excited to move on to state and hope we can do well.
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December 2017
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